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About Jon Butterworth

UCL Physics prof, works on LHC, writes (books, Cosmic Shambles and elsewhere). Citizen of England, UK, Europe & Nowhere, apparently.

Life and Physics in pictures – No.2

At the Guardian.

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Why so much excitement over the Higgs boson?

On 5th September I talked to Robyn Williams of ABC (Australia) The Science Show in a basement room at UCL. We covered the Higgs, the LHC, Smashing Physics, all kinds of things, and he recorded it on a very elderly … Continue reading

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A huge new neutrino experiment, Noνa, is up and running at Fermilab

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Celebrating 60 Years of CERN

On BBC World Service. Interview with me and Pedro Teixeira-Dias of Royal Holloway. We recorded this on 2 September (after a brief delay when the recording deck went nuts and a load of water poured out of the bottom of … Continue reading

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